For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18

Sunday, February 16, 2014

A Stitcher's Heart

Hi friends! This is the Valentine stitching I did this year. This was a freebie available from A Mon Ami Pierre. I say WAS because I searched and searched and cannot find it available/offered any more. I printed this off years ago. I saw it stitched up as a freebie on quite a few blog posts from the past on numerous blogs. Sorry. =(

It is titled "Heart Stitcher". It is lovely isn't it? I stitched this one over one on 25ct Antique White linen. I used DMC 115. Here is what I stitched up for the back.

I finished reading West From Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In 1915 Laura traveled by train from her home in Missouri to San Francisco to visit their daughter Rose. Almanzo was unable to leave the farm, so Laura wrote him letters during the whole trip. She visited the Panama Pacific International Exposition there. I enjoyed this intimate look into Laura's life. She had not intended for this to be a book. Rose inherited the letters after Laura's death. Rose couldn't bear to read them. Rose's friend/executor had these letters made into a book after Rose's death.

I also finished On The Way Home. This was Laura's diary of the trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894. I just love history. This glimpse of the prairie frontier was so interesting. Rose Wilder Lane also contributed to this book. This diary was discovered after Laura's death.

Still stitching on Theotokos. Hope you have a beautiful, restful Sunday!

Your heart is just beautiful and the back stitching is just too sweet. I have to to dig out my Laura books and find these new ones that you have been writing about. I loved her books as a child and used to save my allowance, beg, plead and cry until I got a new one. I also did that when I discovered Nancy Drew books too. I was lucky that my mom was also a huge reader so buying books was always in the budget even if we had nothing to eat but beans that week.Donna

Hi, You are right my little puppy from June dose look like your Henry. Love you stitched heart too bad we can't find the chart for it. Love the girl inside it. Anyway have a great day and thanks for stopping over at my blog- Purple Pixie Dust. Hugs Lynda Ruth

I inherited at least the Programme from the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition--have it somewhere around here! I will give it a quick check and if I find it, I will scan it and post it so you can see some more of the history! Hugs!

About Me

Welcome! I am married and we have two sons in college and a teenage daughter in high school. We live in Wisconsin. We have two toy poodles named Mabel and Henry. I like to cross stitch, quilt,read and garden.

Stitcher's Prayer

God Grant that I may see to stitch until my dying day.When the last thread is cut and scissors tucked away.May the work that I have done, live on.That other folk may see,The pleasure I have known LORD,From the gift you gave me!